Pakie O’Callaghan: A Celebration of the Stories of Eamon Kelly”

Share an afternoon with Pakie O’Callaghan’s 'A Celebration of the Stories of Eamon Kelly'.

Developed out of an RTÉ radio programme that went out in the autumn of 2022 to mark international story telling day, Pakie was invited to tell a couple of stories on the programme. As a lifelong admirer of Kelly he opted to tell two of the master storytellers’ stories. He was subsequently invited to do a full length show based on Kelly’s stories and 'A celebration of the stories of Eamon Kelly' is the result.

Eamon Kelly has been one of O’Callaghan’s theatrical heroes since O’Callaghan’s teenage years and he fondly remembers listening with his father to Kelly on Dinjo’s 'Take The Floor' which went out for many years on Sunday nights on Radio Éireann and later on to Kelly’s own programme 'The Rambling House'. O’Callaghan remembers being transfixed by Kelly's performances in his one man shows 'In My Fathers Time', “Bless me Father' and 'Stonemad' which were performed to packed houses at The Everyman Theatre and which won widespread acclaim both in Ireland and internationally.

This will be a trip down memory lane for many but O’Callaghan is developing a new audience for these stories which he describes as universal and timeless and always very, very funny.